Rituals : practices, ethnic and cultural aspects and role in emotional healing / Alley Parish, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parish, Alley.

Series:

Focus on Civilizations and Cultures

Focus on civilizations and cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ritual--Social aspects.

Ritual.

Ritual--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rituals of various kinds are a feature of almost all known human societies, past or present. They include not only the various worship rites and sacraments of organized religions and cults, but also the rites of passage of certain societies, atonement and purification rites, oaths of allegiance, dedication ceremonies, coronations and presidential inaugurations, marriages and funerals, and others. In this book, the authors discuss the practices, ethnic and cultural aspects and role in emotional healing relating to rituals. Topics include communitarianism and the Obasinjom mask performance as ri

Contents:

""RITUALS: PRACTICES, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS AND ROLE IN EMOTIONAL HEALING""; ""RITUALS: PRACTICES, ETHNIC AND CULTURAL ASPECTS AND ROLE IN EMOTIONAL HEALING""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1 COMMUNITARIANISM AND THE OBASINJOM MASK PERFORMANCE AS RITUAL HEALING AMONG THE BAYANG AND EJAGHAM OF SOUTHWEST CAMEROON""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""COMMUNITY: THE AFRICAN WORLD VIEW AND THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""THE OBASINJOM MASQUERADE""; ""MEMBERSHIP AND CONSULTATION""; ""THE OBASINJOM MASQUERADE""

""AN OBASINJOM THERAPEUTIC SESSION""""OBASINJOM AS A DIVINER AND SOOTH-SAYER: CONNECTING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2 PLANT-BASED RITUALS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CURE OF THE EVIL EYE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF WESTERN SPAIN""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY AREA""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""RESULTS OF THE ETIC APPROACH""; ""THE EMIC APPROACH""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3 SHAMANIC HEALING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. WHAT IS SHAMANISM?""; ""3. SHAMANIC AETIOLOGY OF DISORDERS""

""4. PRESENTATION OF THE MAIN TECHNIQUES OF HEALING IN CORE SHAMANISM""""5. CLINICAL VIGNETTE: SHAMANIC APPROACH TO A MOURNING ISSUE""; ""6. SHAMANIC LOOK AT THE THERAPEUTICS INVOLVED""; ""7. PSYCHOLOGICAL LOOK AT THE THERAPEUTICS INVOLVED""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4 PRO-SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF RITUAL INVOLVEMENT TO EARLY ADOLESCENTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""RITUAL IN THE CHINESE CONTEXT""; ""PRO-SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF RITUAL""; ""DISTINGUISHING RITUAL, RELIGIOUS, ACTIVITY, AND BACKGROUND EFFECTS""; ""METHOD""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""APPENDIX: MEASUREMENT""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 5 THE RELIGIOUS RITUALS OF THE ANASTENARIDES IN GREECE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE ANASTENARIDES AND THE RITUAL CYCLE OF THE ANASTENARIA""; ""ANASTENARIA 1992: SUMMER FESTIVAL FOR AGIOS KÅŒNSTANTINOS AND AGIA ELENÄ?""; ""THE ANASTENARIA AND THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH: RITUAL DIVERSITIES AND RITUAL SIMILARITIES""; ""THE ANCESTOR-CULT OF THE “KÅŒSTILIDESâ€?, THE “MACEDONIANSâ€? AND GENERATION""; ""HOLY SPACES IN OLD AND NEW PLACES""; ""SOME NOTES ON GENDER IN THE ANASTENARIA""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 6 RITUAL OF HEALING PEOPLE INTHE SHAMANIC PRACTICE OF THE NANAI PEOPLE INHABITING THE LOWER AMUR REGION""""ABSTRACT""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE CONCEPTS OF ""DISEASE"" AND ""HEALTH"" IN THE ANIMISTIC REPRESENTATIONS OF THE NANAI PEOPLE""; ""EXPERIENCE OF SHAMANIC ""HEALING""""; ""THE PRACTICE OF HEALING IN SHAMANISTIC RITUAL""; ""TRANSFORMATION OF FUNCTIONS ATTENDING SHAMAN IN THE NANAJ ENVIRONMENT IN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

""Chapter 7 MEDICO-RELIGIOUS PLANTS AND CULTURAL RITUALS USED BY THE MAURITIAN POPULATION AGAINST DIABETES AND RELATED COMPLICATIONS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62948-665-5

OCLC:

918624374